[paul in cape]

It's WAY worse than they realize.

By taking over multiple governorships and state houses, the republicans have just developed a "Farm System" where up and coming stars can develop legislative and leadership qualities. Mark my words: someone elected last night in this wave will be on the national ticket in 2016, 2020 or 2024.

Plus, redistricting will be huge, and the Dem governors are in states that will be losing seats, not gaining.

[beaversmom]

Good post—gives me some “hope”. I’ve come to hate that word, but can’t think of anything better.

[Talisker]

It's WAY worse than they realize. By taking over multiple governorships and state houses, the republicans have just developed a "Farm System" where up and coming stars can develop legislative and leadership qualities.

Well said. This election wasn't a one-shot deal, it was a sea change, a turning of the ocean currents in the opposite direction. The movement will now just continue to grow and grow, because deathcare still has to be repealed and the presidential elections are coming up again. The momentum needed to do that must be built upon what has just happened, and then after that it will be so big that it will flood out into the hardest blue areas and wipe them out as well.

Hillary losing the Rat nomination was the terminal crack, but now through Obama stimulating the TEA Party movement the Leftist dam has FINALLY burst.

(P.S. Who says a sea change can't burst a dam? I own the metaphors, they don't own me).

[randita]

And the DEM’S farm team personally recruited by Emanuel was thoroughly decimated last night.

In 18 short months Obama has reversed all the work Emanuel did in the past 10 years. Emanuel saw it coming and couldn’t bear to be there to see his achievement destroyed.

It will take another decade to rebuild and while DEMS are recruiting and rebuilding, the GOP can be mentoring and promoting its brightest stars.